Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-11-09

LOST AND FOUND.


union OF . MOener ana som ss@
A Mrs, who has been quietly sewing
for q living for some montha past III ourcity,
says the lNe6raskG Stats Jalsynal, was some
what surprised at q young man who boldly
walked into her room unannounced and
stood looking at her, but SPOKE not word.
She became quite indignant ut his seeming
familiar impudence and Intercepted him
as to his business and why he did not signal
his coming at the door as gentleman
should do before entering lady's apart
ments as he had done. The young man
gazed intently at her whilst she thus adj
dressed him, and with lips trembling with
emotion asked il she was Mrs. -.
yves, sir; and what do you want with
met, M E ,zr#s
Then you are my mother, and I am your
long lost boy" ~ :. nd
As she rushed into his arms she ex-
claimed: "Great Heavenst can It be my
baby boy is found at lastan and folded in
each others arms they stood mingling their
tearsof joy, while she imprinted the moth
er's first kiss upon his cheek since he was
prattling babe. ax~=,
Years ago in a small village in Southeast
ern Nebraska happily lived this boys
parents. His father was q merchant, while
his mother, of noble bearing and queenly
s
the rich and poor alike, never refusing the
hand Of charity to the poor and needy.
This little village, nesting among the
hills, has become an educational point, while
once it was noted for its gossiping and mis-
chiet-making. Among the sufferers that
lost hopes OF happiness, caused by the lashes
OF their slandering tongues, are those Of
whom we write. During the absence of the
husband on business, it entered the minds
of few old disappointed, iealous-hearted
female gossipers that every thing was not
just as they thought it ought to be. So
they gave vent to their suspicious by visit
ing their friends and putting in circulation
report that set the town all ablaze After
SO doing they anxiously watched the result,
which came speedily, severing the bonds
that bound those loving hearts together,
tearing the Innocent babe from his mothers
breast and driving her out of her home of
luxury and happiness into the cold world
and among strangers. The baby boy was
sped away to parts unknown, where, un-
discovered, he grew to manhood. The
father went into strange land, whilst the
brOken-hearted mother wandered here
and there seeking employment to
prolong her existence, with the hope
the day would come when she would be re-
SSoAoO tS ASI niapRy uuuc, udr1us OdOe
and companion-the choice of her youth.
The time came, hut alas, too late The law
had severed them. The husband and father
was reported dead and the boy could not be
found. The gossipers in the little village
among the hills heard of the change time
had caused; how this deserted wife and
forlorn mother had been ruined by their
lies, but they were all too busy working up
another case to offer conscience in any
shape. So weary months, sleepless nights
and long, long years came and went, and to
this fond mother came no news of her baby
boy. Still she hoped. Something told her
he would come, and thus looking and hop
ing for seventeen years, she at last re-
solved to come to our city. And from her
window overlooking the busy throng that
passed and repassed, she hoped to see the
faee-that in her fancy she had pictured
and believed she would know. But not so.
As we have said, he came and stood before
her, and she did not realize the joy that was
in store for Her by him who, but moment
before, she considered as an intruder. To
day they are happy. The much-loved, hoped
and sought-for is found, and we hope this
reunion will prove happy one; that the
lost boy, now nineteen years old, will be-
come noble man among men-the pride of
his mother in the evening OF life.